Ethnographic Comparison

Egypt invaded Nubia’s southern kingdom and seized control of it along with its inhabitants, resulting in the control of that kingdom as well as the spread of Egyptian culture into Nubia

Amenhotep III’s reign is often referred to the “Golden Age”, a time of political stability and economic prosperity for Egypt. With an abundance of tribute, booty, and access/exploitation of natural resources in conquered areas of Nubia, and its sphere of influence in Syria-Palestine; Egypt’s affluence only flourished. This enabled Amenhotep’s expanse/magnificent building programs, also resulting to advances in art and religion. Furthermore, changes in the importance and role of the queen progressed in this period; to the extent of Tiye’s deification, as evident in the temple at Sedeinga, built in dedication to her worship. Despite Amenhotep III’s reputation as a great diplomat, the effectiveness of his

Chapter three is about early Africa and Egypt. Africa is divided into five sections by climatic and vegetative differences. The five sections were: Mediterranean, Sahel, Deserts, rainforest and savannah. Depending on the climate section in which they lived, the range of people in Africa urbanized special ways of being. The chapter also talked about the people that lived during this time. The first group was called the Khoisan. Initially they populated the eastern part of Africa. The next groups were called the Nilo-Saharan and Afro-Asiatic. At first regions by the Nile River valley were occupied. The final group was called Niger-Congo. They occupied the forests of western Saharan Africa over the wet phase.

The cultural diversity and advancements portray the progression developed in African history. The growth of these two subcontinents prove that American and European historians were incorrect on how advanced and civilized Africa was.

The Nile River also benefitted Nubia because it provided rainfall in the hot, and dry weather. The Egyptian government adapted from the Nubian language and religion, which is one of the way Nubia had a great impact on Egypt. Meroë was a huge city that was famous for agriculture and trade. In their royal family, women, Nubian queens, had more than usual control of the kingdom than in other places.

Stretching across ten countries and spanning over four thousand miles, the Nile River became the heart of Egyptian civilization. The lower (northern) Nile overflowed its banks several months out of the year before the creation of the Aswan High Dam in 1970. When the floodwaters receded, they left a new layer of rich silt behind, making the surrounding valley and delta a fertile and desirable habitat. As early as 8000 BCE, the people who inhabited the valley of the world’s longest river became relatively sedentary and in 5000 BCE they adopted the agricultural village life commonly associated with Neolithic culture. Throughout the Predynastic period, the North African climate was immensely dry. In order to combat this problem, many villages formed alliances that worked to control the river’s flow. Over time, these small federations of villages conquered and absorbed other weaker ones. As communities grew into chiefdoms, they began to advance rapidly toward refined civilization shortly after 3600 BCE.

In the following paper there will be comparisons and contrasts of four different points of Africa to any other civilization the has been taught in class. The four points are: the government between Africa and the Mongols, the religion between Africa and Greece, trade between Africa and China, and societies/social standards between Africa and China. The government in Africa was very different from the government of the Mongols. In Africa they chose to have a stateless society and the Mongols chose to govern by force and brutality.

“African societies developed diverse forms, from large centralized states to stateless societies organized around kinship or age sets rather than central authority. Within this diversity were many shared aspects of language and beliefs. Universalistic faiths penetrated the continent and served as the basis for important cultural development in Nubia and Ethiopia.

The goal of this paper is to present an ‘argument mapping’ of the documentary “Difference.” In the process of mapping the argument, I will proceed to do the following. First, I will introduce the claims made clear by the producer. I will connect these claims to the evidence that the producer uses to support them. Based on the connections that I found between the claims and the evidence, I will rename the claims in order to make them understandable as elements of the documents larger argument structure. Then I will present my mapping of the corresponding parts that as I understand and define the documentaries overall argument structure. In the case here specifically, I will be arguing that there are four ethnographic claims that support the

Ethnography is the systematic study of people and their cultures. It refers both to the process that is used to study people as well as the outcome of this process. The term “ethnography” comes from the Greek words “ethnos” (which means “people” or “nation) and “grapho” (which means “I write”).

A connection I saw through this was the difference between a normal map of our countries and contents to this one. The differences were very clear and made me wonder. As a noticed this I saw that the smaller countries that were not as populated were in the shape and same spot as Africa. The larger countries that I am used to seeing in the same spot shifted to different parts of the map. Unlike, a normal map China, Indonesia, Russia, India, and the United States had a star next to them to show that these were some of the more settled areas. Well, I saw a ton of differences as I explained I also saw some similarities such as all the countries were labeled and there were still blue to represent the bodies of water that remain around them.

In the 1930’s the United States and many other countries went through a time known as the Great Depression. It got its name because it was the longest and deepest, and most widespread depression in the 20th century. The Great Depression had extremely detrimental effects on United States rich and poor citizens. Their personal income, tax revenue, profits and prices decreased dramatically. Unemployment in the United States rose to an astounding 25 percent. However, near the end of the 1950’s the United States went through major change in its economic situation. The country’s economic status did a complete 180 and became the “Affluent Society”. The United States became an affluent society do to its reform on foreign policy, the growth of suburban America, and a drastic change in labor unions. Although this increase in national wealth seemed to be helping the citizens there was large group of people who were not enjoying the upward mobility that the rest of the country was. The impoverished minorities in the United States, particularly the

People say that for a person to know where they are going, they have to know where they came from. To be culturally aware of people outside of your native land, you cannot only study the people’s present state, but you also have to study their past. Learning and understanding the similarities and differences of other cultures, not only makes us stronger as Americans, but it also makes the world stronger. This paper addresses Egypt’s history, present culture and customs, and explains their military capabilities.

Ethnography is the study of particular cultural group or community and usually relies on participant observation. Ethnographic analogies can be carried out by archaeologist, it involves comparison of a past community and their material culture and a current similar community and helps to broaden understanding of the past. As archaeologists, for the most part, have very few written sources, and while studying prehistoric people they have no written resources about these societies and therefore must make inferences and analogies from what artefacts these cultures have left behind. These analogies come in two forms, formal and relational, which will be explained later in this essay, due to different forms of analogies and interpretations from

North Africa is composed of six countries, which include Western Sahara, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. More than 12,000 years ago, people had to hunt animals and gather plants. As time went on, people had to raise crops and began to domesticate animals. As people farmed, they began to settle in small villages and then towns were then developed.